Can a fake second display be enabled in Windows 10?
Just spent last two hours trying to figure this out.
- First go to Control Panel (not Settings app)
- Go to Adjust Screen Resolution. You will get a similar window as you did in Windows 7.
- Click Detect
- Go to display Drop Down and select "Display Device on VGA"
- Select Desired Resolution. If windows is unable to save your settings use the software from your video card to adjust the resolution.
- If you aren't able to output the display to the Fake screen only, Press Windows+P and the select "Second display only"
I hope this helps.
This is by far not the ideal solution, but for now it will do: I put a 102 Ohm resistor across pins 2 and 7 of my VGA port (also known as the headless Mac Mini trick), and Windows 10 now believes I have a second monitor attached.
On a different computer I had to use pins 1 and 6 and reboot before the "monitor" would work.
I had the same problem and came up with a fairly simple solution: Just connect your primary screen twice. Most displays have 2 inputs and you just need another display cable to connect it.
A fake software driver wouldve been more elegant and less power consuming but this works fine too :)